Summary of Webspiration: Webspiration is a mind-mapping tool that allows kids to use their visual thinking and outlining skills to map out ideas, organize with outlines, and collaborate with other people online. Webspiration is a tool that teachers can use in their classrooms to assist students with mind mapping their ideas. It is fun and interactive and keep students engaged because they are not using pen and paper they are online typing out their ideas and designing their mind maps themselves. It is like a graphic organizer that helps students guide what they are thinking and the pictures that can be used also help in clarifying their thoughts.
Pros and Cons of Webspiration: There are many pros of Webspiration. Webspiration can help students organize their ideas, brainstorm and plan, increase teacher to student interaction and collaboration, and make jotting students ideas down more fun and engaging. Webspiration takes written on paper webs to a new level, allowing students to use their computers, ipads or another form of technology to develop more fun and creative webs, outlines and much more in a more visually appealing way.
How Webspiration can be used in the classroom: Webspiration can be used in any classroom for any subject area. It is helpful to use when you need your students to brainstorm about a certain subject, maybe get them to write down what they already know or what they have learned from a lesson. You can also use this tool to have your students outline information that they will be writing about in an upcoming paper. You can also have students use this tool in English class to develop a story or character map that may be easier to follow. You could use Webspiration as a tool for a jeopardy game t help prepare students for an upcoming test. The information that they type in stays safely in the tool once saved, which is helpful for students who may have trouble staying organized and keeping track of their papers.
Summary of Webspiration:
Webspiration is a mind-mapping tool that allows kids to use their visual thinking and outlining skills to map out ideas, organize with outlines, and collaborate with other people online. Webspiration is a tool that teachers can use in their classrooms to assist students with mind mapping their ideas. It is fun and interactive and keep students engaged because they are not using pen and paper they are online typing out their ideas and designing their mind maps themselves. It is like a graphic organizer that helps students guide what they are thinking and the pictures that can be used also help in clarifying their thoughts.
Pros and Cons of Webspiration:
There are many pros of Webspiration. Webspiration can help students organize their ideas, brainstorm and plan, increase teacher to student interaction and collaboration, and make jotting students ideas down more fun and engaging. Webspiration takes written on paper webs to a new level, allowing students to use their computers, ipads or another form of technology to develop more fun and creative webs, outlines and much more in a more visually appealing way.
How Webspiration can be used in the classroom: Webspiration can be used in any classroom for any subject area. It is helpful to use when you need your students to brainstorm about a certain subject, maybe get them to write down what they already know or what they have learned from a lesson. You can also use this tool to have your students outline information that they will be writing about in an upcoming paper. You can also have students use this tool in English class to develop a story or character map that may be easier to follow. You could use Webspiration as a tool for a jeopardy game t help prepare students for an upcoming test. The information that they type in stays safely in the tool once saved, which is helpful for students who may have trouble staying organized and keeping track of their papers.
Here are some resources for using Webspiration in the classroom...
http://www.inspiration.com/Curriculum-Integration/webspirationclassroom
http://www.inspiration.com/Curriculum-Integration/special-needs
http://www.inspiration.com/lessonplans/inspiration
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Solomon, G., & Schrum, L. (2010). Web 2.0 how-to-for educators.